Spreading My Wings: 2022 The Better Me

Summary

The author reflects on personal growth, setting goals for self-improvement, healing, and professional development in the coming year, while acknowledging past challenges and the influence of a fellow writer's challenge.

Abstract

The article titled "Spreading My Wings: 2022 The Better Me" is a personal essay where the author expresses gratitude towards Winston for inspiring self-improvement through a challenge. The author introspects on recent life events, including personal losses and the impact of the pandemic, which have prompted a renewed appreciation for life. Plans for the next year include focusing on weight management through healthier coping mechanisms, pursuing further education in both medical and spiritual fields, and dedicating more time to writing, including finishing a book on connections and love. The author also aims to make their website and writing more sustainable, hoping to contribute more to the writing community and read more extensively. Travel is another important goal, with the intent to explore new places and cultures. The article concludes with the author's commitment to self-care and healing from past experiences, while also being present and enjoying life's moments.

Opinions

The author values personal growth and self-reflection, as evidenced by their participation in the Coffee Challenge and their desire to share personal experiences.
There is an acknowledgment of the difficulty in maintaining a healthy weight and the struggle with stress-induced eating, with a commitment to adopt better coping strategies like writing and meditation.
The author places importance on continuous learning and self-improvement, as shown by their enrollment in classes related to their professional and spiritual interests.
There is a strong desire to balance work and personal life, with the aim of reducing work hours to focus on writing and personal well-being.
The author holds a belief in the power of community and giving back, intending to write about and elevate those who have made contributions to others.
A love for travel and exploration is evident, with the goal of visiting new places as a form of personal enrichment.
The author expresses a commitment to being more present and engaged with life, emphasizing the importance of living in the moment.
There is an opinion that personal stories and experiences can be a source of inspiration and help to others, as the author plans to share more through their writing.

“In response to Coffee Challenge: Why I want to be a better me in 2022”

First, I would like to thank Winston for coming up with amazing challenges. I’ve been thinking about this challenge for the last few weeks. What do I want to do to better myself? It’s been taking me a little time. It is difficult for me to honestly look at myself and share with the whole world intimate details about how I feel and what has been going on in my life. I was surprised by how much time it took me to start to write for this challenge.

There are a lot of things that happened recently in my life that were tragedies that made me think of again the gratefulness of life. I am still here. The last year, the last few years have been difficult for me. There have been loss and sorrow, changing jobs, living in a new world of a pandemic, and beginning to write more. I think all the experiences that I’ve been having are making me stronger.

I would like to change a few things in my life. I started some of these processes this year and I would like to continue them next year. I’ve been struggling with my weight for the past 20 years. I would lose weight and then gain it back. the past two years it’s been even more difficult, and I had gained an additional 30 pounds while I was trying to lose weight. I cope with stress by eating and what I mean focusing on and like to focus on the next year is instead of eating when I’m stressed, I write, meditate, reach out to people I love and care about, and do something good for a person, a community, or an organization.

Next year I also want to focus more on myself, and I had signed up for some classes that I’m interested in from both of my worlds. From my medical world I signed up for cardiology and stroke class and from my spiritual world I signed up for a mediumship class and also for a session to entangle my past. I know that there are things in my past, things I have not dealt with, and they create a blockage for me to move forward. I’ve been working toward a process and that is why I’ve been creating more meditations hoping that if it is helping me, it will help other people.

I tend to focus on and help and try to fix things and not pay enough attention to myself and what I would like or need. Next year I would like to pay very detailed attention to myself and keep moving toward healing my mind and body from past experiences and living in the moment, enjoying the present moment.

I have been working toward making my website and my writing more feasible as of now I am spending more time and money on it than what I’m getting out and I would like next year to more focus on writing articles on different platforms and finishing my book about connections and love. I have not been able to comment as much as I would have liked this year. I was thinking of maybe taking some time off from work to be able to finish my book. I’ve been working a lot writing three to four hours every day and working 8 to 10 hours every day and also writing and managing publications during the weekend. I would like to take some time off next year to spend more time in nature and with people, not just my computer.

One thing that I promised myself is to travel each year and this past year I was able to visit my daughter in Florida but didn’t miss my promise to go to a new place to explore. I am hoping that this year I will be able to travel and go to a new state in America or visit a new country.

My final hope is to be there as much as I can for the people around me. I would also like to read more. I currently have four books that I started on my nightstand, and I just ordered three more. As a writer, I would like to focus on not just my books and articles but giving back to the people who had already given so much to others by writing about them and elevating them in support of love and caring.

This is it. This is me in a nutshell and my hopes for the future next year.

Thank you for reading,

Gabriella

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